Darkseid’s appearance in Zack Snyder’s Justice League reportedly led to Warner Bros. dropping Ava DuVernay’s New Gods, while James Wan’s The Trench was canceled due to the belief Aquaman’s sequel was enough for that franchise. Movies are coming with the DC characters but the WB made it clear it was the end of the Snyderverse or Zack Snyder’s vision of the DC Universe. After congratulating the fan-driven release of Snyders’ Justice league WarnerMedia CEO Ann Sarnoff said We are glad we did this trilogy for Zack Snyder.” She continued the…
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The Witcher | Season 2: It’s A Wrap
15 locations, 89 cast members, and 1,200 crew members later, The Witcher has officially wrapped production on Season 2! Here’s a look behind-the-scenes at some of the excitement among the cast and crew – led by showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich. Netflix has released a new behind-the-scenes video to celebrate the end of the shooting for Season 2 of The Witcher and has announced that the new season will debut in 2021. This new video comes just hours after a new image from Henry Cavill on set was published to confirm…
Read MoreDC Comics’ Last Stand?
DC Comics has had a rough year. In the shadow of the AT&T purchase of Warner, they have fired their Publisher (Dan DiDio) with two editors-in-chief and many people on staff that had been with the company for decades. The decision of former DC President Diane Nelson’s to move DC Comics from relatively expensive offices in Manhattan to the insanely expensive offices in Burbank factored in the release of so many high-priced staff. It really puts pressure on the comic part of the company to make money to justify the…
Read MoreWhat is the Snyder Cut?
For those of you who just arrived from another galaxy and are catching up on current events the Justice League Snyder cut Justice League movie previewed worldwide on Thursday 18th of March. As of today’s date, it sets at 74% on the Rotten Tomatoes ‘Tomatometer’ with 209 reviews and with a 96% audience score showing 25,000+ Ratings. To say it was successful would be an understatement. This director’s vision should satisfy the fans who willed it into existence but it is also converting some critics who disliked the 2017 version…
Read MoreMillarworld coming to Netflix with ‘Jupiter’s Legacy’
Jupiter’s Legacy is an upcoming Netflix Original superhero-drama based on the comic of the same name by creator Mark Millar. Amongst the Millarworld comics many regard Jupiter’s Legacy and subsequent prequel Jupiter’s Circle as some of Millar’s best work. The superhero drama will be the first title from the Millarworld comics to release on Netflix. Jupiter’s Legacy the upcoming American superhero streaming television series created by Steven S. DeKnight, based on the comic book series by Mark Millar and Frank Quitely, that is set to premiere on Netflix on May…
Read More‘Superman’ Reboot Coming From J.J. Abrams
Deadline has confirmed that author Ta-Nehisi Coates is writing a Superman reboot feature for Warner Bros and DC, which J.J. Abrams is producing under his Bad Robot label. Hannah Minghella will serve as producer. No plot yet and no attachments despite the fact that we’ve heard how Henry Cavill is eager to get back into the cape, but he may not be used in this new project. Coates is attached to a Ryan Coogler directed drama feature entitled “Wrong Answer” about a math teacher in Atlanta who is scandalized when…
Read MoreSuperman and Lois Premier Against Spider-Man Reveal
The Superman and Lois Premier was well received with viewers last night hitting over 70k tweets on Twitter if that means anything. Amazingly that was contrasted by the release of the new title of Spider-Man 3 on the same day which was trending with Marvel’s “big” reveal of “No Way Home,” which is trending with 50k tweets, also on Twitter. I am glad to see the friendly competition between companies and want to share how Jim Lee responded to the premiere of the Superman show and the competition with Spider-Man.…
Read MoreImage Comics Invincible Coming to Amazon Prime
The hit Image Comics series Invincible is set to get an animated adaptation on Amazon Prime on March 26, 2021, introducing the heroes and villains of Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker . Warning: The following article may contain major spoilers for the Invincible comic book series and potentially the upcoming animated series, debuting on Amazon Prime on March 26th. Superheroes are good right. That’s why we call them heroes. Bit what if the world’s greatest hero turned out to be its greatest villain. With powers equal to Superman, Omni-Man arrived…
Read MoreSnyder-Cut Spoilers in Justice League #59
Zack Snyder Justice League movie is scheduled for release on HBO-Max on March 18th. There is a controversy on if the covers on the variant covers spoil the content of the movie. Well, the cats out of the bag, and many people have already seen the covers. At least one of the specially commissioned Snyder Cut covers, from Liam Sharp, Jim Lee, and Lee Bermejo may potentially feature a superheroic character who was cut from the original Joss Whedon Cut and is believed to have been put back in the…
Read MoreMortal Kombat – Restricted Trailer – HBO Max
In “Mortal Kombat,” MMA fighter Cole Young, accustomed to taking a beating for money, is unaware of his heritage—or why Outworld’s Emperor Shang Tsung has sent his best warrior, Sub-Zero, an otherworldly Cryomancer, to hunt Cole down. Fearing for his family’s safety, Cole goes in search of Sonya Blade at the direction of Jax, a Special Forces Major who bears the same strange dragon marking Cole was born with. Soon, he finds himself at the temple of Lord Raiden, an Elder God and the protector of Earthrealm, who grants sanctuary…
Read MoreFlashback: Detective Comics #871
Our flashback in the Greatest Comics of The 21st Century is Detective Comics #871 from 2011. This first Batman story from Scott Snyder has all that you would expect from a story about the Dark Knight originally from greatestcomics21.com our companion website created to highlight the greatness of the comic media. THE GREATEST COMICS OF THE 21st CENTURY By WALT STILES Batman has always been billed as the world’s greatest detective an unparalleled fighter and a great strategist and the smartest person in the room. So what happens if the…
Read MoreSasha Calle is DC’s new Supergirl!
The Young and the Restless actress Sasha Calle is set to become Supergirl. She will play Kara Zor-El, the cousin of Superman in The Flash movie directed by Andy Muschietti. “Been doing a lot of flashbacks lately but today is about a Flash forward. #TheFlashMovie @sashacalle,” posted Muschietti on Instagram which happens to include the use of the John Williams Superman score for the Richard Donner and Christopher Reeve movies (watch below). The link is Here. Calle beat out 425 actresses who auditioned for the role, with Muschietti, The Flash…
Read MoreStreaming Services Year in Review 2020
This information is from our friends at JustWatch an international streaming guide charting the performance of the streaming services last year. We thought it would be of interest to our readers. In the last quarter of 2020, Disney+ closed in on Hulu and nearly overtook the third-biggest streaming service in the US. Recently launched Peacock is already twice as big as Apple TV+. Market leader Netflix maintained its dominance over Prime Video by a margin of 30%. Market Share below. Market share development in 2020 The growth of other streaming…
Read MoreJustice Society: World War II – DC Animated Movie
The Justice Society is joining the DC Universe Movies family. The upcoming Justice Society: World War II will feature an ensemble voice cast led by Stana Katic as Wonder Woman and Matt Bomer as The Flash. It is the first of the universe’s 42 films to star the team of heroes known as the Justice Society, which in the comics first appeared during the Second World War. Katic and Bomer first worked in the DC Universe Movies series together in 2013’s Superman: Unbound. Justice Society: World War II finds modern-day…
Read MoreDC Future State Timeline
Those who are interested in the direction that DC is going after the universe changing series Dark Nights Death Metal by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo must read DC Future State, but there is some confusion as to the reading order of each story. The simple answer is there is really no reading order other than to follow the numbers of each series that is not a one-shot comic. With that in mind if you would like to read them in chonological order then DC Comics provided the timeline for…
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